Liverpool manager Arne Slot agreed with Steven Gerrard on the undeniable truth that he speaks “a lot about low blocks,” but admitted that he “has to” say something when people ask him about an opponent deploying this frustrating tactic.
A “low block” is nothing more complicated than a defence sitting deep. There are many terms for this approach. In Ecuador, for example, it’s known as “bat tactics”—the defenders are so close to their own goal they may as well be hanging upside down off the crossbar. It’s most commonly called “parking the bus” in England after José Mourinho brought the phrase from Portugal to the Premier League in 2004.
